Nathan went to DaLian on July 25 and left on August 8. We stayed at my younger brother's apartment. It's sort of in the middle of the city, 5 minutes walking to ZhongShan Park, 10 minutes walking to a Walmart.
We went to that Walmart a lot, where grandma bought food, we shopped for clothing and shoes for Nathan, and Nathan could play the toys, and household items there.
We also bring Nathan to the Park in the late afternoons. He played in the big inflatable playhouse there twice. Well, the first time I let the nanny in with Nathan and didn't find it quite dirty. The second day early morning, Nathan started to have high fever.
Nathan ate less in DaLian than in HK for a few reasons, I think: (1) no high chair; (2) not used to the food cooked by Grandmother; (3) sick for a few days.
The most memorable events about Nathan are:
(1) Half-hour big-cry in Shen Zhen airport while waiting for the delayed flight: Neither yogurt nor candy could distract him. He held mom's hand and wanted to go back somewhere. Unfortunately the escalator direction he tried to step on was always wrong. I had to drag him to the correct way and you can imagine what happened. He cried so loudly that so many people expressed concerns or paid attention to us. One lady asked me if I am not the boy's mom and he was looking for mom :-(
(2) insist pushing his stroller in many places: the zoo, the park, the shopping mall, the hiking trail. He didn't care about the time, the things adults want to do. He just wanted to push the stroller forward, alone independently. He took a rest when he was tired. He got frustrated sometimes for some unknown reason.
(3) had high fever for 2 days and cried non-stop during the infusion (输液): Nathan started to have high fever around 5:30 am on the first Thursday morning. I brought him to Children's hospital at about 10:30 am. We waited for about 1.5 hour before seeing the doctor. The doctor suggested 灌肠和验血, which seems to be common practice in Mainland. I accepted it after the doctor's impatient explanation to me. Then we got some medicine and went home.
But high fever came back at 1pm, and 1am and 8pm the next day. I was little worried. So we went to the hospital again at 9pm on Friday. This time doctor suggested 输液, first we had Nathan do the allergy test. When the real 输液 started, me, my brother and the helper had to face Nathan's stuggle trying to move the tube with a needle into his forhead. As we hold his hands, he kept crying, moving his body and kicking his legs. What a mess and the room has no air-conditioning. Nathan was the most sweating one, of course. Poor baby. I will never bring him to 输液 unless it's the really necessary.
Poor Nathan! I hope he's all ok by now.
回复删除Yes, Nathan was OK the next day after the 输液, which seems very effective, even though I will use it as the last resort.
回复删除Last week in HK, Nathan had fever again because of the inflammation of the tonsils. Fortunately he recovered quickly after seeing doctor and taking the medicines.